I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
Tarsia puzzle on 5 kingdoms, vertebrates and invertebrates.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
30 element names and symbols
24 cards per set.
includes solution and student version (jumbled)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
Tarsia puzzle on the structures of the heart and their function.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 names and structures to match up)
includes solution and student version (jumbled)
Print ( A3 for larger triangles), cut up triangles, play
Tarsia puzzle on the nervous system and reflex arc.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 names and structures to match up)
includes solution and jumbled up student version
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Tarsia game on blood sugar homeostasis, including hyperglycaemia and insulin, hypoglycaemia and glutton, diabetes, etc
30 element names and symbols
24 cards per set.
includes solution and student version (jumbled)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Fun card game for KS5 students who are learning about protein structure. Can they spot the 1 protein that is the same between two cards?
21 cards per set
Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players’ top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner.
Card Game on Molecules in A level biology (various carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, DNA, nucleotides, bases, molecules in respiration and photosynthesis, etc)
Fun activity - grreat for revision and students learning to recognise and naming molecules
There is only one symbol that two cards have in common and it’s different for every card pair - can students find it and name it?
Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players’ top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner.
31 cards per set with 31 symbols/molecules
Designed to cover all important molecules from the Edexcel SNAB AS and A2 Biology course
Salters-Nuffield AS Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 – Lifestyle, health and risk, Lesson 00 (Introduction)
includes:
Powerpoint (16 slides) - font Calibri-light
Worksheet (1 page)
Topic 1 Keywords (125 cards)
Also suggested as resource for this lesson but not included:
Topic 1 Card Game
SNAB Activity 1.1
4x different revision cards for Biology iGCSE
Can be printed and cut out in postcard size.
Or used for revision from ipad (ipad file)
Each revision card is a summary of key concepts and keywords of Topic 1 based on the official Edexcel IGCSE Biology Student book.
More revision cards for other IGCSE Biology topics (Topics 1-10) available from my shop (either individual topics or as bundle of 48 cards)
Fast card game in which players need to find animals. Only 1 animal between two cards is the same. Who can see it first?
square - for easy cutting up
30 cards with 6 symbols each.
Great as starter / plenary activity in lessons or for form time.
Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players’ top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner.
Clipart from dailyarthub.com
14x games and activities on Ecology keywords and concepts
• Board Game
• Crossword (with solutions and anagram)
• Ecology - giant A3 concept map (with solution + help sheet)
• Ecology - Digital concept map
• Food chains/webs - Loop Game
• Ecology Tarsia
• Ecology - digital tarsia
• Pond Food Web - worksheet
• Pond Food Web - digital activity
• Ecology - Loop Game (KS5)
• Ecology - Loop Game (KS3/4)
• Ecology - Digital Loop Game
• Food webs - Digital Card Sort
• Ecology - Card Sort
• Ecology - Digital Card Sort
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity
4x Games and Activities on levels of organisation (mollecule, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism)
• Loop Game / domino game
• Card Sort
• Tarsia
• Learning wheel Puzzle
Bundle with 4 games and activities on aerobic and anaerobic respiration:
• Aerobic respiration - Loop Game
• Aerobic and anaerobic respiration - Loop Game
• Aerobic and anaerobic respiration - Tarsia
• Aerobic and anaerobic respiration - Crossword
7x Games and activities to revise all of SNAB Topic 7 (Run for your life) of the Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel Course.
• Keyword cards
We use these cards for an Articulate like game (students explain as many keywords as they can in 30 sec, others guess)
• Whole topic concept map
giant concept map (print A3) mapping out and connecting many of the concepts and keywords of the topic.
• Whole topic loop game
A challenging revision activity to review keywords, images from the entire topic
play in groups of 4-5, activity takes 15-25 min
• Topic 7 Card Game
fun activity to review keywords, images from the entire topic, students need to recognise images and think of keywords quickly
31 cards with 6 symbols each, play in groups of 3-4
• Topic 7 Tarsia
24 cards with 30 descriptions/images/keywords to match up.
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
• Topic 7 Keyword Game
• Topic 7 Keyword Image Game
These games are great for drawing connections between keywords and concepts of different subtopics.
16x Games and activities Bundle for SNAB TOPIC 4 Biodiversity
whole topic activities:includes:
Topic 4 – whole Topic Card Game
Topic 4 – whole Topic Loop Game
Topic 4 – all Keywords
Topic 4 – Keyword Image Game
Topic 4 – Keyword card Game
Topic 4 - Tarsia
Adaptations – Loop Game
Natural Selection – Loop Game
Hardy-Weinberg Equation – Loop Game
Sources of Variation – Loop Game
Taxonomy – Loop Game
Biodiversity – Loop Game
Plant Cells - Crossword
Plant Cell Walls – Loop Game
Transport in plants - Loop Game
Transport in plants - Crossword
Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel
6x Games and activities to revise all of SNAB Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome) of the Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel Course.
• Keyword cards
We use these cards for an Articulate like game (students explain as many keywords as they can in 30 sec, others guess)
• Whole topic loop game
A challenging revision activity to review keywords, images from the entire topic
play in groups of 4-5, activity takes 15-25 min
• Topic 3 Card Game
fun activity to review keywords, images from the entire topic, students need to recognise images and think of keywords quickly
31 cards with 6 symbols each, play in groups of 3-4
• Topic 3 Tarsia
24 cards with 30 descriptions/images/keywords to match up.
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
• Topic 3 Keyword Game
• Topic 3 Keyword Image Game
These games are great for drawing connections between keywords and concepts of different subtopics.
Tarsia puzzle on pollution, global warming, greenhouse effect,greenhouse gases, acid rain etc
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
30 keywords, descriptions, or images to match up
24 cards per set.
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
great as starter / plenary or revision activity